In Desert and Wilderness
Mar 23 2001
•2h 51m
•Adventure
In Desert and Wilderness is a 2001 Polish film directed by Gavin Hood. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.
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Adam Fidusiewicz
Staś Tarkowski
Karolina Sawka
Nel Rawlison
Artur Żmijewski
Mr. Władysław Tarkowski
Andrzej Strzelecki
Mr. Georg Rawlison
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